Parameter: verbatimIdentification

Dataset: 
Megafauna counts by taxon in image surveys at inactive sulfides on the East Pacific Rise
Parameter: 
verbatim identification
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 verbatimIdentification
Short Description:
 verbatim identification
Official Name:
 verbatimIdentification
No Data Value:
Description:
 

A string representing the taxonomic identification as it appeared in the original record.  This term is meant to allow the capture of an unaltered original identification/determination, including identification qualifiers, hybrid formulas, uncertainties, etc.  This term when used in the DarwinCore standard (dwc:verbatimIdentification) is meant to be used in addition to dwc:scientificName (and dwc:identificationQualifier etc.), not instead of it.

Examples:  

  • "Peromyscus sp."
  • "Hexactinellida, white leaf-shaped"
  • "Ministrymon sp. nov. 1"
  • "Anser anser × Branta canadensis"
  • "Pachyporidae?"
  • "Potentilla × pantotricha Soják"
  • "Aconitum pilipes × A. variegatum"
Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
verbatimIdentification
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

original identification/determination of morphotype (corresponding to Final_Morphotype_ID in supplemental files.)